January 30, 2014

‘Well, you were saying Hizmet is a religious movement?'

Hüseyin Gülerce

There is an ongoing discussion in the Hizmet-government row: “We thought the Hizmet movement was a religious movement. However, recent discussions and Fethullah Gülen's statements and interviews reveal that it is actually a political movement.”

CSOs slam smear campaign against Hizmet, call on PM to stop hate speech

Further civil society organizations from across Turkey have condemned an ongoing defamation campaign being conducted against the Hizmet movement inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, calling on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and other top government officials to refrain from the hate speech and polarizing rhetoric that are wounding the public's conscience.

Kimse Yok Mu sends next party of aid to Syrian refugees

Turkish relief organization Kimse Yok Mu's Bursa branch sent it's 7th aid lorry consisting of food and clothes to a Syrian refugee camp in southern province of Kilis.

Turkish women make a difference in Africa

Menekşe Tokyay

In a sign of Turkey's strengthened ties with Africa, a group of Turkish women composed of artists, doctors and business leaders is building an orphanage in the southern African nation of Burundi.

Dr. Soltes: Hizmet cares for Turkey and humanity

Antalya Intercultural Dialog Center (AKDIM) hosted a conference entitled “Implications of Global Rise of Democracy for Today from a Rumi Perspective” at Ramada Plaza Hotel, Antalya, Turkey. The keynote speakers were the US academic Dr. Ori Soltes and journalist-author Erkan Tufan Aytav.

Burc Schools achieve 13 medals in AMC 8

Adana Burc Schools’ students won 5 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals in 60th Annual International AMC 8 contest, jointly held by Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and University of Nebraska.

Erzurum people call Minister Ala to apologize Gülen for his remarks

A large group of people from nongovernmental organizations representatives, academics, businessmen and lawyers made a press statement on a speech paid by Interior Minister Efkan Ala saying that such a speech is an insult to Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and called Ala to apologize Gülen for his remarks.